How to power a building with your car:

Listen up Control Pro, do you think a building can be powered by a car? the answer is yes! And this will change everything, As you will hear in this interview segment with renowned futuristic Sudda Janthe, explains how this is even possible and how it will affect smart buildings and the companies that serve them. Go to controltrends.com to see the entire interview, and please subscribe to our YouTube Channel if you have not already. How do you think this new technology will affect your Smart Building or HVAC Controls Service business? We would love to hear from you in comments.

Transcript HighLights: Welcome Sudha Jamthe to ControlTalk Now The Smart Buildings Podcast. Welcome to the show.

Sudha Jamthe: Thank you for having me to pleasure.

Well, I guess the first question I’ve got to ask you is how did you become a futurist? I come from a tech background where I built products and what the technology industry. My last corporate job was at eBay and I used to work with data hitting that mobile analytics division. So it was focused on how do you use, how do you show up from the phone and iPad and across different platforms. And I was watching this word off everything getting connected, and it was started with the variables for me. And so I get excited about new technologies. I knew that all my life and being in operational experience, bringing operational experience from industry kind of grounds me and I started thinking about, okay, is this hype or is this real? And I realized that it was so much hype and noise about Internet of things. And Yeah. Dot. Artificial intelligence and how things are going to be connected, but nothing was set in stone. So I got excited and started thinking they searching and then I wrote my books and that’s how I became a technology futurist where I predict, stick my head out and say 2020, there’s going to be AI or autonomous vehicles or 2030 is my prediction for autonomous cars. 2020.

I see, uh, AI everywhere.

Sudha Jamthe: that was about how buildings can be powered using autonomous vehicles. So everybody thinks I’m anonymous. Vehicles as is as heving., you don’t need to drive and a car is just going to drive us. I don’t have any back into reality for everything that gets connected. We need energy. And so that are these batteries, which are for electric makers becoming two ways. So the, the Vaco can charge itself and then hold the chart in the, in the battery so that it can dry. So now what Nissan did, and a few other companies have also tested this out in Europe, but Nissan brought it to us and said, hey, via just not, uh, only, uh, having to do a badly for the car to hold the chart, but we are going to show you how it can charge a bending. And so they have actually forward their own headquarters here. And so that thinking, and that is called V two G, which is vehicle to grid. Essentially the car can give the charge back to the electric grid. And if you think about it, it is drawing from the grid, but it is also sending back to the grid. But it is managing what is called as demand response. And that got me thinking and that’s what this article is about. So we V to G, what is the, if there’s a blackout you could just get the autonomous Vehicle driving up and charging the building back. And that’s the core concept of that article.

Sudha Jamthe: So, um, like I said, the need energy for anything that’s going to be connected and the new one of everything getting connected, there is a whole concept of Vaco, not just vacant. I wonder to thank you for that option. So buildings are going to need charge. Buildings are going to need electricity, not just for the regular functioning, but as more and more devices get connected inside the building. So to bring this charge, the building itself have solar panels, solar panels in my house and it goes back to I get it. It doesn’t just fall on my holistically. It’s possible that could happen. But what does he living? And you mentioned blockchain. What is evolving is that small and microgrid that’s being created by many startups using blockchain where there could be a little substation just made sore your building or for an office complex and so it doesn’t have to bring charges from somewhere across the country and go through transmission in bad weather. It just on demand need to produce what you need. I need to give it to you. And in fact I was talking to somebody recently who works in an x, which is the Italian utility company and ad and d unit here. And she was talking about how she uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to actually look at every meter in a building and predict what should, what would be the demand and what is the optimal time to turn on certain instruments in the, in the complex

How will Artifical Intelligence Affect Your Building and Your Job ?

With the advent of AI in HVAC and Smart Building Controls. and the rate at which IOT and OT technology is changing we could all be working for robots, not just the HVAC controls professional. To get a better handle on just how likely working for a robot in a smart building in the near future is, we had a conversation with the Smart Building soothsayer Ken Sinclair. As the owner of automatedbuildings.com, Ken is a good person to talk to about Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and how they will affect the smart building’s space. Ken, Kenny, and I have been around hvac and smart building controls for a long time, hence the picture of the Mona Lisa . If you think the robots will take over in the next decade or sooner, type “ROBOTS WIN” in comments, otherwise, please let us know what you think in comments, and please like the video and subscribe to our channel. To see the complete episode of Control Talk Now The Smart Buildings Podcast, and hear the rest of the show, go to controltrends.com

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We are delighted to announce that the 2019 ControlTrends Awards will be held February 2, 2020 at the BB King’s Blues Club, located on International Blvd, about a half mile from the Convention Center. Start time and more information to follow.

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Haystack Connect provides a unique, open-forum for professionals involved in automation, control and the Internet of Things to learn and share the latest technologies and techniques for connecting systems and utilizing device data in applications including intelligent buildings, energy management, remote monitoring, and other IoT devices and applications. This year’s conference will take place May 13-15, 2019 at Paradise Point Resort and Spa in San Diego, California.

Information is Power has been a truism since the beginning of time, all the successful companies have know that if they knew more than their competitors they would be more successful.

In today’s HVAC and Smart Building Controls Industry just having knowledge is not enough, you need it faster than your competitors, but who has time to cull through the trillions of bits of information we are bombarded with every day to figure out what is relevant and useable?That is where we come in. With over thirty years each as HVAC and Smart Building Controls distributors and working in the business every day, we know what information is useable, all you have to do is subscribe to our channel, and we will do the rest.We will give you daily updates, product reviews, training videos, and HVAC and smart building control news you can use! Remember “Nothing is obvious to the uninformed “So please subscribe now!

You don't need any tools to change this Belimo Actuator, but make sure you don't...

Well, watch the video, it’s a great video and Belimo makes great actuators, in fact, in this how-to-video, you will learn the proper way to remove and install the QCV and PIQCV zone valve actuators. The QCV and PIQCV easily connect and disconnects to the allowing operators and technicians to install valves quickly, efficiently, and without the use of tools. This helps simplify commissioning and reduces labor costs. The clip position to set the CV or GPM is also explained. To learn more about Belimo ZoneTight Zone Valves, visit www.belimo.us, and to purchase this actuators you can go to your local distributor, or a master distributor like stromquist.com or dmscontrolsgroup.com

OK, make sure you don’y try to unscrew the actuator from the valve body, it pops off!

SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY CORNER

The vast majority of smaller businesses rely on information technology to run their businesses and to store, process, and transmit information. Protecting this information from unauthorized disclosure, modification, use, or deletion is essential for those companies and their customers.

With limited resources and budgets, these companies need cybersecurity guidance, solutions, and training that is practical, actionable, and enables them to cost-effectively address and manage their cybersecurity risks. This NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Corner puts these key resources in one place.

Congress has given NIST responsibility to disseminate consistent, clear, concise, and actionable resources to small businesses. All resources are free and draw from information produced by federal agencies, including NIST and several primary contributors, as well non-profit organizations and several for-profit companies. These resources will be updated and expanded regularly.

The website does not provide operational assistance to individual companies, but it does list federal agency and some non-profit contacts that can offer that assistance. Small businesses should immediately report any threats and incidents to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

Cybersecurity Basics

In this section, you will find introductory information about cybersecurity, cybersecurity-related risks, and the importance of taking appropriate steps to secure your business.

Cybersecurity Framework for Small Manufacturers

Cybersecurity Framework Steps for Small Manufacturers – helps small manufacturers understand the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and how it can be used to manage their cyber risks. Note: You will be prompted to provide why you need access to the item.Manufacturing Extension Partnership

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In this section, you will find topic-specific guidance on actions to take to address cybersecurity risks and secure your business.

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Lock Down Your Login – simple steps to gain peace of mind and more control over your online securityNational Cyber Security Alliance

Start with Security: A Guide for Business – lessons learned from Federal Trade Commission cases that touch on vulnerabilities that could affect your company, along with practical guidance on how to reduce the risks they poseFederal Trade Commission

PROTECTING AGAINST SCAMS

Business Email Imposters – an overview of business email imposter scams and tips for protecting your businessFederal Trade Commission

Tech Support Scams – what to do when you get a phone call, pop-up, or email telling you there’s a problem with your computerFederal Trade Commission

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In developing the world’s leading equipment control for industrial solutions, Siemens continues to explore and develop new ways of making even the most basic processes more efficient and cost-effective.

From the immensely successful SINAMICS G120 family of drives, the G120X is an “infrastructure” drive targeted for pump, fan & compressor applications in the Water & Wastewater (W&WW), HVAC, irrigation/agriculture & industrial chiller/refrigeration segments.

SINAMICS G120X is simple, seamless, cost & energy efficient, robust, reliable and fit for digitalization. SINAMICS G120X easily integrates into existing applications, works with any standard motor (induction, synchronous and synchronous reluctance motor) and can be configured for cost-optimization and resource-saving operation which ultimately helps reduce total cost of ownership. It meets all the latest industry standards with regard to energy efficiency and product safety and offers enhanced safety with SIL3 rated safety functions and up to 100kA short-circuit current rating according to UL61800-5-1.

SINAMICS G120X meets all the latest industry standards with regard to energy efficiency and product safety and offers enhanced safety with SIL3 rated safety functions and up to 100kA short-circuit current rating according to UL61800-5-1

Cost- and energy-efficiency

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Integral DC choke (FSA-G) eliminates the requirement of an external line reactor

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Control unit has been redesigned:

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Designed to deliver constant power at a current according to NEC table 430.250 at 3AC 480V and 600V, and at an operating temperature of 45ºC without derating, and up to 60 ºC (55 ºC with PROFINET, EtherNet/IP™ version) with derating